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Comment on No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK
alb_004@lemm.ee 5 months ago
How they know what password we use in our device ? Do they scan our device without iur permission ?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
it3agle@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It’s for manufacturer passwords, not ones set by users.
The legislation is to help regulate the manufacturers of IoT devices, not the users themselves.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Probably just default passwords
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 5 months ago
From what I see on the article, it looks like it mostly applies to manufacturer set passwords - though it does look like the devices are now required to prompt the user if they set a weak password (though I can't remember the last time I wasn't prompted)
drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
That’s not what this law is about, but yes actually they do!
I’m not even in the UK and my domains get hit by UK authorities that claim to be scanning for vulnerabilities
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No, others do that for them: insecam.org
lowleveldata@programming.dev 5 months ago
Nah they scan your brain
alb_004@lemm.ee 5 months ago
🤔
Zikeji@programming.dev 5 months ago
The law is for devices that come out of the box with a weak default. Like buying a wifi hotspot where the default is “admin123” would be bad. The default being random and printed on a label in the device is probably what this is aiming to usher in.
metaStatic@kbin.social 5 months ago
it's been a very long time since I've seen a default that wasn't random or a unique pass phrase